Cutting tool and method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

A cutting tool includes a base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 μm from the cutting edge face.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A cutting tool comprising a base material,
 the base material being a cemented carbide or a cermet, 
 a surface of the base material including a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face, 
 the base material having an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 μm from the cutting edge face. 
 
     
     
       2. The cutting tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 10 at. % at a depth position of 0.2 μm from the cutting edge face. 
     
     
       3. The cutting tool according to  claim 1 , wherein the cutting edge face of the base material has a strain of less than or equal to 0.07. 
     
     
       4. The cutting tool according to  claim 1 , further comprising a coating formed on the base material. 
     
     
       5. The cutting tool according to  claim 4 , wherein the coating includes a compound layer made from:
 at least one kind of first element selected from the group consisting of Group IV elements, Group V elements, and Group VI elements in the periodic table, Al, and Si; and 
 at least one kind of second element selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, and O. 
 
     
     
       6. A method for manufacturing a cutting tool according to  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 preparing a base material precursor; and 
 producing a base material by machining a surface of the base material precursor, 
 the machining being one of
 a first grinding process of alternately repeating wet grinding and dry grinding; 
 a second grinding process of performing low-feed low-depth-of-cut wet grinding, or 
 a third grinding process of performing dry grinding. 
 
 
     
     
       7. The method for manufacturing a cutting tool according to  claim 6 , further comprising forming a coating on a surface of the base material.